Authors: Rudra, Shubhobrata, Barai, Ranjit Kumar, Maitra, MadhubantiPresents a unique work on the application of block backstepping control on underactuated mechanical systems in nonlinear control theoryDescribes mathematical derivations using well-known notations and simple algebra, without the need for any special previous background in higher mathematicsDefines the concept with several case studies including benchmarking problems of interdisciplinary domains

Today, we associate the relationship between feedback, control, and computing with Norbert Wiener's 1948 formulation of cybernetics. But the theoretical and practical foundations for cybernetics, control engineering, and digital computing were laid earlier, between the two world wars. In Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics, David A. Mindell shows how the modern sciences of systems emerged from disparate engineering cultures and their convergence during World War II.